In an interesting article that appeared today in Risk.net, they discussed the pros and cons of expanding the UK Bribery Act to include fraud committed by companies and their employees. When an employee commits fraud, the company is often the victim so it seems a little counter-intuitive to hold a company liable when they are a victim.
Here is the complete article:
Corporate crime – can the Bribery Act be extended?
Author: David de Ferrars & Alexa Segal
Source: Operational Risk & Regulation | 11 Sep 2013
Categories: Regulation
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Extending the UK’s powerful Bribery Act to cover fraud is superficially tempting, but will face difficulties
http://www.risk.net/operational-risk-and-regulation/opinion/2293816/corporate-crime-can-the-bribery-act-be-extended